Genesis 2:10 (WEB)
A river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became the source of four rivers.
Fathers and councils · 5
John Damascene
“The ocean, then, is like a river encircling the whole earth, and I think it is concerning it that the divine Scripture says, A river went out of Paradise.” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 10.
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Jerome
““And a river went out of Eden.”” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 10.
Read the whole comment“In Eden a garden is planted, and a fountain in the midst of it parts into four heads.” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 8, 10.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“…to their own nature and peculiarity, as if passing through all, just as (“the river) proceeding forth from Edem, and dividing itself into four heads.”” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 10.
Read the whole comment“If, however, God forms man in his mother’s womb—that is, in Paradise—as I have affirmed, let Paradise be the womb, and Edem the after-birth, “a river flowing forth from Edem, for the purpose of irrigating Paradise,” (meaning by this) the navel.” — editor's note: Gen. ii. 10.
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Cross-references · 8
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VI.9.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VI.9.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VI.9.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VI.9.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VI.9.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.9 and 1 other place.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.9.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.9.